r/managers rules, stats, and what to post

This community is for people who manage other people. The description says it is dedicated to discussions about being a manager, supervisor, boss, or business owner. So the room is filled with people who have professional level jobs and carry responsibility for teams. The rules back this up. The rule “We're all adults here.” says members are expected to be adults with professional level jobs. The rule “This is not /r/antiwork” makes clear this is a place for people who work within a professional career, not a place to complain about work itself. Conversations here are about the actual job of managing, like handling direct reports, making decisions, and running a team or a business.

The rule that decides most marketing outcomes here is “Lost redditor”, because it names spam ads, job postings, and survey requests as things they do not want. The rule “AI Generated / Low effort post” matters just as much, since AI written or low effort posts are called out directly and will not add anything to the community. “Well, that was random” keeps posts on the topic of being a manager, so a post that drifts into a personal problem or a vendetta gets removed. If you do comment or post, “We're all adults here.” sets the tone, act professional and do not be a dick. “Sorry you hate your job/boss/clients” and “This is not /r/antiwork” together mean venting about work is not welcome. Finally, “Mod discretion” means the moderators can remove anything that feels wrong even if it does not match a listed rule.

A good post here is a genuine management question or a real lesson from your own experience leading people. If you are a founder, you qualify by role, because business owners are named in the description. Write about a decision you made with your team, a hiring or firing situation you handled, or a process you changed and what happened. Keep it focused on the management problem itself, not on your product. Write it yourself in your own words, because AI generated and low effort posts are explicitly banned. Keep the tone professional and adult, and keep it on the topic of being a manager.

Do not post spam ads, job postings, or survey requests, because “Lost redditor” lists all three. Do not post AI generated or low effort content, because “AI Generated / Low effort post” bans it outright. Do not use the community to vent about your boss, your job, or your clients, because “Sorry you hate your job/boss/clients” says to take that up elsewhere. Do not bring antiwork style views, because “This is not /r/antiwork” points those people to another sub. Do not derail conversations with random personal problems or vendettas, because “Well, that was random” covers that. Do not attack anyone over gender, race, sexuality, religion, ability, or any other designation, because that rule says never. Do not harass people, dox anyone, or threaten harm, because “Harassing others and creating chaos” earns a permanent ban. And remember “Mod discretion”, the moderators can remove anything they judge wrong even when no listed rule covers it.

The thing that stands out to me here is rule 9, the explicit ban on AI generated and low effort posts. That tells me the moderators have already been burned by generic content, so anything that reads like a template gets deleted fast. My advice is simple: write it yourself, keep it about a real management problem, and leave the pitch at home.